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Definition of Extinguish
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Extinguish
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor. Related Definitions:
An, As, By, Cause, Destroy, Die, Eclipse, End, Extinguish, Fire, Flame, Hope, Life, Love, Light, Obscure, Or, Out, Pretense, Put, Quench, Right, Splendor, Stifle, Superior, To |
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Extinguish Quotations
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. Thomas Jefferson Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again. Francis Bacon In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose. J. Robert Oppenheimer It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime. John Ashcroft Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. A. E. Housman |
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Extinguish Translations
extinguish in Afrikaans is doodmaak, blus extinguish in Danish is udslukke extinguish in Dutch is doven, blussen, uitdoen, uitblussen extinguish in Finnish is sammuttaa extinguish in Italian is cancellare, estinguere, spengere extinguish in Norwegian is utrydde, slokke extinguish in Portuguese is extinga extinguish in Spanish is apagar, extinguir |
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